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El Nino and La Nina

Caption: This image shows both the El Nino and La Nina conditions in the central equatorial Pacific Ocean, as seen by NASA's TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-1 satellites. El Nino's warmer waters are indicated in red in this 1997 image, and La Nina's cooler waters are indicated in blue in this 1999 image.

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